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Chapter 60- N+1

"I wish instead of cutting scenes they would make the episodes longer." Weiss complained.

"Me too, but I understand why they cut the last one. But the imposer one didn't need to be." Jaune commented.

"The episodes have gotten longer though, with each season." Ren pointed out.

Weiss nodded, "Each season is better than the last."

"The show grows with each passing episode." Blake smiled, "It makes me excited for the next season."

"Me too, and I hope the fight scenes get longer now that we have actual fight scenes." Ruby added.

"Me too." Pyrrha chuckled. "Though their former… fight scenes were funny."

Nora laughed, "Go over to that rock and yell bang bang bang."

Yang and Ruby laughed along with Nora.

"And for that reason I prefer the current ones." Blake explained.

"N+1" appeared on the screen with the theme.

Ruby silently began to hum the theme, followed by Jaune, and so one with Weiss joining in last. Adding her angelic voice to the mix.

Jaune smiled, "The theme never gets old."

"Mainly because it's so short." Yang commented, "Also N plus one? Is that another testing reference."

"Nineteen!" Nora shouted.

"What?" Ren asked.

Nora grinned as she sat back in triumph, "N is the variable, this is episode twenty. N plus one is twenty making N Nineteen."

"Yay math is so fun." Yang mocked with a friendly smile, "Nerd."

"Guh uh uh uh." Nora waved her finger around. "Intellectual."

Weiss frowned, "You stole that from Neptune."

Nora nodded, "Great minds think alike… and he probably stole it from me!"

"You have a great mind Nora but that's likely not what the title means." Ren pointed out.

Nora gasped, "What? And you knew! You let me embarrass myself. I'm hurt." She put a hand to her chest.

Ren chuckled and held up his scroll, "It means there's a power backup in place should any system component fail. The 'N' stands for the number of components needed to run the system. The '+1' means there is an independent backup should a component of that system fail." Ren read aloud.

Nora scratched her head, "What system?"

Ren frowned, "I'm not entirely sure."

Ruby shrugged, "It just sounds like a fail-safe, more awesome- I mean complicated weapons that use dust for power sometimes need them in case something fails. It's so their weapon doesn't explode." She laughed.

"How does that relate to this episode?" Yang asked looking to Blake.

Blake shrugged, "I would say it's about the capture unit."

Yang gasped, "You don't think it's going to fail do you? If it does Tex dies. As in dead dead. No ghost, no memory."

Blake again shrugged, "I don't know, I hope not."

Fade in to Grif and Simmons in the base searching.

Grif: "Simmons, what are we looking for?"

Simmons: "Power cells, batteries, anything."

Grif: "How is a power cell different from a battery?"

Weiss hummed, "Dust for dummies explains it well."

Ruby chuckled, "Good thing I never read that."

Yang snorted at the look on Weiss's face.

Weiss turned her head and scoffed, "Well then, you never made up almost killing me."

Ruby threw her hands up, "Gah! I thought I did after you saved me! I still haven't made that up to you?"

Weiss squinted, "How is it fair that you almost blew me off a cliff and then I saved you from a Death stalker?"

Ruby laughed nervously and shrugged, "Because Professor Ozpin actually did launch you off a cliff?"

Weiss sighed before chuckling, "Sure, and yes you never made it up to me. My requirements were that you read Dust for Dummies and never speak to me again."

Ruby crossed her arms, "I'm never making it up to you then."

"Then I will hold this specific grudge until my dying breath." Weiss swore with a smirk.

"...What did Dust for Dummies say the difference was?" Ruby asked sheepishly.

"Dust batteries store energy and Dust Cells generate it." Weiss explained.

Simmons: "Grif, this is not the time!"

An explosion is heard in the distance. Sarge enters the frame.

Sarge: "Hey, did you hear that?"

"The Meta's back and Tex isn't there to help anymore." Yang sighed.

"I cannot think of a way they can beat him." Weiss confessed.

"You don't think they'll win?" Pyrrha asked.

Weiss's eyes slightly widened, "No I'm sure they'll win, I just don't know how."

Pyrrha chuckled and nodded, "Well I can assure you martial arts won't be their method."

"You're not confident in them?" Yang smirked.

Pyrrha shook her head, "I'm confident they could improve. Anyone can, given a little push. But at their current level? No, if they try fighting in any typical way they will lose."

Jaune nodded, "I think so too, I think their best chance is have someone distract him while the others fire at him from a distance. Or have Tucker sneak up on him and quickly take him with his sword."

"What if Church just possesses him!" Nora gasped, "Then he can fight himself and do whatever he wants." Nora began to cackle, "He can make him eat gross things or run around in the snow without his armor so he gets frostbite!"

Jaune and others simply gaped at Nora. "You know Nora." Jaune started, "Church possessing him is a great idea! ...but maybe it wouldn't work because he already has an A.I."

"Why wouldn't it work? He had a bunch of A.I. before…is it A.I's?" Nora asked getting off topic.

Jaune frowned, "Good point, we'll have to see."

Simmons: "Yeah... I did... (Grabs the Rocket Launcher next to him)Come on Grif, let's go!"

Pyrrha smiled, "No hesitation, I believe Sarge's speech inspired him to be braver."

Nora grinned, "Jaune I expect a speech better than Sarge's one day- oh! The Vytal tournament! Reenact it for us!"

Jaune chuckled, "I can do you one better, I'll change it to reflect all of you."

Pyrrha smiled, "I can't wait to hear it."

"I'm sure with your words we will succeed." Ren added.

Jaune smiled, "I- Thanks." He laughed.

Grif: "Aren't we supposed to run away from explosions?"

"That seemed to be Sun's and Neptune's mentality when we fought Roman Torchwick in the stolen Atlesian Paladin." Blake grumbled.

"You know we wouldn't have abandoned you." Jaune gestured to himself and his team.

Pyrrha blushed but nodded, "We would have gladly helped."

Nora nodded, glaring at Team RWBY. "Yeah! And you invited Sun and Neptune before us! I'm hurt! we were betrayed."

"Well to be fair we were going to go alone, but Neptune and Sun overheard us." Blake explained.

"They still left." Nora huffed.

"To be fair to the dorks they were thrown off the highway during the chase." Yang pointed out.

"And to continue being fair, the dorks then went out to eat at A Simple Wok." Weiss growled. "So they did abandon us."

"Eh we were fine!" Ruby waived her off.

Nora pouted, "I still would have liked to beat up a giant robot."

"I'm sure you will get your chance one day." Ren assured her.

Cut to an explosion that sends Church crashing into the snow in front of the Reds, Tucker, and Caboose.

Church: "Agh!"

Sarge: "What happened?"

Church: "The Meta... there…"

The screen cuts to show the Meta and Washington fighting in the distance.

Sarge: "And I was afraid we wouldn't get to kick a little ass today! Come on, fellas!"

Nora grinned as she began squirming in her spot in excitement.

Ruby was doing the equivalent of jumping up and down while sitting down.

Tucker: "Caboose! Stay with Church!"

Caboose: "Okay."

Pyrrha sagged slightly in disappointment. "Oh. I thought Caboose would help."

Tucker: "And try not to kill him by accident!"

Caboose: "Okay!"

Pyrrha chuckled.

The Meta opens fire and Wash dives aside to avoid the hit. The Meta charges towards him, Brute Shot blade raised, but Wash whips out his knife and parries the blow. He then slices him in the shoulder and goes for a punch but the Meta cloaks himself and ducks aside.

Pyrrha grimaced, "I don't like the blood, but their technique is good."

Blake nodded, "Washington is good with a knife."

Wash stops and glances around the field. He spots the snow being shifted to the side and throws the blade towards the movement. As it hits, the Meta uncloaks with a roar of pain. Wash raises his battle rifle and opens fire, but the Meta shoots at the same and sends Wash flying back under the Warthog.

Ruby frowned, "He missed the Meta."

Nora nodded, "Yeah but the Meta hit him. Hard to miss with explosive rounds!"

The Reds and Tucker come charging in as "Red vs Blue" starts playing.

Sarge: "Attack!"

"Yeah!" Nora cheered.

Simmons: "Get him!"

Grif: "(terrified) We're gonna fuckin' die!"

Yang scoffs "What a battle cry"

Nora grins "Today is a good day for you to die, yahh!"

Jaune laughed, "Sarge's battle cry is better."

"It sounds like something Professor Port would shout." Blake commented.

"Do not compare them!" Nora shouted.

As they charge, the Reds and Tucker open fire. They form a firing line and unload everything they have but the Meta slams his hand into the ground, summoning a domed energy shield around him that blocks the explosions.

"The shield from South." Blake pointed out.

"He likely regained all of his abilities." Ren added.

Jaune grimaced, "Oh no.. time distortion."

He then leaps out through an opening at the top and fires at Grif and Tucker who quickly roll out of the way. Simmons then raises his rocket launcher up and fires at the Meta.

Simmons: "Fire in the hole!"

The Meta nimbly flips over the rocket, causing it to veer off and explode prematurely. The Meta crashes down in front of Simmons, slicing his launcher in half with the brute shot blade.

"I hate him for destroying that rocket launcher but that was really cool!" Nora commented.

"You hate him for that? Nothing else?" Jaune asked.

Nora waived her hand around, "And the other boring stuff."

Tucker takes out his sword and swings it at the Meta, but he blocks the blow and knocks him aside. Sarge raises his shotgun and fires, but the Meta blocks that as well. In a rare act of bravery, Grif suddenly pounces onto the Meta's back and grabs him by the neck, throwing him off-balance.

Grif: "Yah! Ah, ah, ah, this guys like a bear!"

"I wasn't expecting a fight like this." Pyrrha chuckled. "He seems to be easily distracted by someone attacking from behind and holding onto him like that. Washington did it last episode too."

Jaune hummed, "Yeah he does, you're great at noticing weaknesses."

Pyrrha smiled, "Thank you, with training it's easily to block or use attacks like that to your advantage."

The Meta grabs Grif and throws him off, but as he falls Grif snatches the Brute Shot out of his hands.

Grif: "Yoink!"

Nora gasped, "He just stole his grenade launcher!"

Yang laughed, "Did you hear how happy he sounded?"

Pyrrha chuckled, "Almost giddy."

"I would be too! His weapon is cool." Nora explained.

"I can add a blade like his to yours if you want." Ruby offered.

Nora shook her head, "Nehh, thanks though. My baby is perfect the way she is! Especially after your other upgrades!"

Ruby sagged slightly, "Ok but if you change your mind, I'd love to work on it again." Ruby hushed to a whisper. "Just need to think of a way to add the blade while still allowing it to shift into hammer form, and-"

Yang chuckled as Ruby brainstormed out loud to herself.

With the Meta now unarmed, Sarge tries to hit him with the butt of his shotgun but the Meta punches him up in the air where he falls and gets grabbed by the leg. Sarge fires again but the Meta dodges. He then swings him around twice and flings him into Grif and Simmons.

Sarge: "Ow, dammit!"

Nora crossed her arms and pouted. "I don't like seeing Sarge thrown around like that."

Suddenly, Tucker comes out and impales the Meta's chest with his sword.

Tucker: "Stab!"

Jaune grinned, "That sword is so cool, Weiss anything?"

Weiss shook her head, "Winter hasn't said anything."

"If you ever get it, what are you going to do with Crocea Mors?" Ruby asked. "What about the classics."

Jaune chuckled, "I'm still going to keep this-" He tapped his sword. "As my primary weapon but it'd be nice to have a backup."

"...Still not a ranged weapon." Ren mumbled.

Pyrrha elbowed him lightly, "Sorry!" She whispered/yelled in genuine apology to which Ren waived her off with a slight grin.

Meanwhile, Sarge gets up by the Warthog where Washington is on his knees.

Sarge: "Wash! Come on, he needs help!"

Washington: "(wearily) I can't... I'm done…"

Tucker: "(in the background, now panicking) Guys, I can't fight him by myself!"

Wash: "Here... Take this... You know what to do…"

Blake frowned, "What could he give him that would help?"

Nora shrugged.

Meta punches Tucker to the ground, with his sword deactivating and falling to the ground as well. A round of buckshot suddenly hits Meta's armor. He spots Sarge pointing his shotgun out.

Sarge: "Come here, you big son of a bitch!"

Nora grinned, "This is Sarge's best season!"

"Oh definitely, he's been kind of a badass recently." Yang added.

The singer's vocalising picks up as the Meta with a growl, the Meta moves towards Sarge. Sarge steps closer, firing his shotgun with each step but the Meta's overshield withstands each hit.

Nora's eyes were glued to the screen, "Look at him walk towards him like nothing! Fearless leader like Jaune!"

"I wouldn't be that stupid!" Jaune shouted.

Pyrrha chuckled, "You would be brave."

Cut to Grif and Simmons.

Grif: "What's he doing?"

Simmons: "It looks like he's killing himself."

Nora grimaced, "I hope not."

Grif: "Oh no!"

Nora gasped, "Grif actually cares."

Pyrrha smiled, "I'm glad he does, he does want to be there after all."

Cut back to Sarge animated with one hand holding the shotgun and one carrying the tow hook behind his back.

Blake squinted, "He's carrying whatever Washington gave him."

Sarge fires again, but the Meta ducks the next shot and knocks the shotgun away. He then grabs Sarge by the throat and begins to strangle him.

Sarge: "Hey Grif! I've lost my shotgun! What am I going to do without my shotgun? Shotgun, dammit!"

Jaune frowned, "Shotgun? How is the code word going to help."

"How is Grif going to help?" Nora added.

Grif: "Shotgun? (turns towards the Warthog) Come on, Simmons!"

"That thing is totalled." Yang pointed out, "No way they're driving that."

Sarge: "Augh... Ahh... Hey Meta…(Sarge attaches the tow hook to Meta's chest plate) Settle a bet, would you? Does that thing kind of look like a big cat to you?"

Jaune and soon everyone else began to laugh or chuckle, full of nostalgia.

"I love the references, somehow I feel nostalgic even though it was just over a week ago that we started watching this." Jaune commented.

"Definitely looks like a warthog though." Weiss argued.

"Puma, the tow hooks are like fangs." Ruby pointed.

"Tusks!" Nora corrected.

The Meta turns his head and spots Grif and Simmons pushing the wrecked jeep towards the edge of the cliff.

Simmons: "Come on, push, Grif!"

Grif: "I am pushing!"

Jaune laughed and clapped once, "Unorthodox plan, you were right Pyrrha."

Pyrrha chuckled, "I just knew it wouldn't be through martial arts."

Quickly, the Meta looks down and realizes that Sarge has attached the jeep's tow-hook onto his armor. But by then it is too late. Simmons and Grif shove the jeep right over the edge, and just as the cable tightens, Sarge grabs the capture unit from the Meta's back.

"Quick thinking." Blake mumbled.

As the Meta is thrown off his feet, Sarge falls to the ground and the unit rolls up, landing next to Church and Caboose. With a roar of terror and fury, the Meta is dragged along the ground towards the cliff, his arms flailing. As he nears the edge, he catches hold of Grif's leg and drags him down with him.

Grif: "Wah!"

Simmons: "Grif!"

Simmons jumps to grab Grif's hand.

Pyrrha sighed happily, "These past few episodes have really shown how much they genuinely care for each other."

Grif: "Simmons! Grab my hand! Help!"

As they reach the edge the Meta loses his grip and he falls down to his death with a distraught roar into the icy sea below.

Simmons: "Hold on! Hold on! Don't let go!"

Grif: "Simmons…?"

Sarge: "(concerned) Uh-oh."

Grif falls

Simmons: "Grif!"

Ruby jumped in her seat, "Gah! I didn't think he would actually fall!"

Grif: "Simmoooooooooooooohoohons! Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"He won't die, I don't believe it." Jaune shook his head. "Not like this."

Nora sagged, "Aww."

Sarge approaches Simmons at the edge.

Simmons: "(sadly) He's... gone…"

Sarge: "Yes. Grif is dead. It's a sad day. But he died as he lived; flat on his belly, trying to get someone to do his work for him. He will be missed, until we get a replacement, and then forgotten immediately."

Nora laughed, "What was that about them showing genuine care for each other Pyrrha?"

Pyrrha ignored her and looked on the bright side, "Well I agree with Jaune. Grif would not be killed off like this." She smiled.

Nora laughed.

Simmons: "I can't believe he's gone…"

Tucker approaches the two.

Tucker: "(in cautious tone) You know, sometimes, when somebody falls off a cliff in movies, he's actually just over the edge, hanging on a tree branch or something."

"Tree branch. In a glacier." Blake deadpanned.

Sarge: "Nope. He's definitely dead."

Simmons: "Maybe we should look, just in case."

Sarge: "I think looking would get our hopes up, and Grif wouldn't like that. Grif would want our expectations to be as low as possible. Let's honor him by not looking. And then have a nice lunch. I'm thinking Monte Cristo sandwich!"

Nora laughed, "Now that they beat the Meta Sarge is back to his old ways!"

Pyrrha chuckled, "You like that don't you?"

Nora nodded giddily, Pyrrha shook her head and laughed.

Simmons: "Are you sure? I could just peek right over the edge."

Sarge: "(quickly) Sounds like a waste of time."

Simmons: "Wouldn't even take a second."

Sarge: "Nahope."

Grif: "(off screen, sounding more angry than scared) Oh, for God's sake, just look over the damn edge! I can't hold on for much longer!"

At this, Sarge and Simmons run up to the edge and look down to see Grif hanging from the stolen Brute Shot that he'd stuck right into the icy cliff-side.

Simmons: "(overjoyed) Grif!"

"Good thing he stole it." Blake chuckled.

"He yoinked it." Nora laughed.

Yang laughed again, "He sounded so happy when he stole it, like he forgot they were fighting."

Sarge: "(irritated) Dangling on the job again, I see. Dagnabit, I hate cliffhangers."

Blake's face fell, "Oh no.."

"What? What is it?" Ruby asked.

Blake shook her head, "Nothing nothing." She laughed. "I heard that and thought it might mean there would be a cliffhanger this season."

"So? Even if there was, we could just watch the next season tomorrow!" Ruby threw her hands up.

Blake nodded, "I hate cliffhangers, even if I'm waiting just a day."

Grif: "(furious) Oh, just pick me up!"

Cut to Doc, Epsilon, and Caboose standing around the failing storage unit.

Doc: "Yeah, I don't know, it's in really bad shape... so are you."

Church: "There's not much time. I need you to use it on me."

Ruby grimaced, "I don't want to see what happened to Tex happen to Church."

"I wish it didn't happen to Tex." Yang commented.

Doc: "Me?! I can't! I'm a medic! I took an oath!"

Pyrrha smiled, "Do no harm, a great oath."

Church: "Oh yeah... Ugh, the first is, uh, "do no harm," right?"

Doc: "(beat) Well actually now first is 'lobbying against socialist reform.' But second is, yeah, the 'no harm' thing."

"...is that some kind of political joke?" Jaune asked.

Weiss shrugged, "I would hazard a guess, yes."

Church: "Caboose, here. Pick it up."

Ruby laughed mirthlessly, "Oh, now Church wants him to team kill.. it's actually kind of sad."

Pyrrha nodded, "It really is, but… it's not killing, he'll just go inside the memory unit."

"That could fail at any moment." Blake pointed out.

The mood in the room noticeably darkened.

Caboose: "I can't, Church."

Church: "Yes you can. You do this all the time."

Ruby and Pyrrha chuckled sadly.

Caboose: "(concerned) Yeah, I don't want to."

"Oh…" Pyrrha simply stated.

Ruby nodded, "Yeah."

Church: "(sighs) Yeah, ok. Ok Caboose, I'm sure I can do it on my own."

Caboose: "But what if you don't come out again?"

Church: "Well, you know what Delta always said, right?"

Ren sighed silently.

Caboose: "Memory is the key."

Church: "(in gentler tone) If I don't come back then... you're in charge of remembering me, ok? (beat) Don't let Tucker help, he'll... just fuck it up. Bye, buddy."

Epsilon leaves his robot body and enters the failing unit.

"He trusts him now with remembering him." Pyrrha sighed.

"It's shown how much he's grown. Remember the reconstruction trailer?" Blake asked.

"Oh yeah." Ruby sniffled with a nod. "Church didn't like that Caboose was the only one left to remember him."

"How things have changed, It's terrible that Caboose has to lose him again." Pyrrha shook her head.

"He called him buddy." Ruby smiled.

Pyrrha nodded, "He did, he finally admitted it."

Ren smiled, "Have you two ever heard of the concept of the three deaths?"

Ruby shook her head, "No, what does that mean? Church has died died three times now. First when Caboose shot him with the tank. Then when the Emp went off. And now this."

"One." Weiss sighed. "E.M.P. And two, he has died way more times than that."

"I mean died died." Ruby explained. "Where he went away for a while."

Ren nodded, "I don't mean those three deaths. I meant that there's an idea that someone dies three times. The first is their actual death, the second is their funeral. And the third is when they're thought of last."

"That's… a very interesting concept." Pyrrha smiled. "And Church made sure Caboose would be there to remember him."

"It's very fitting." Ren smiled.

"Who's going to be there to remember Tex?" Yang asked.

"I think Grif is going to remember her kicking his butt." Nora joked nervously trying to lighten the mood.

It worked when Yang began to laugh, "Yeah I don't see him forgetting that any time soon!"

Sarge: "What's going on here?"

Caboose: "Church went in, he's going to find her."

Simmons: "That unit looks bad, let me see what I can do to stabilize it."

"N plus one." Ren mumbled.

Sarge: "Doc, go check on Wash, I don't think he's gonna make it."

Blake grimaced, "He just redeemed himself, I hope this isn't the end of him."

Simmons: "Oh no!"

Caboose: "What? What?"

Simmons: "It's only going to be open for a few more seconds. After that, he'll be trapped!"

Yang and Ruby sat anxiously looking at the screen.

Caboose: "Come on, Church. You can do it. Can you hear me? You can... Run towards my voice!"

Pyrrha smiled, "He never gives up."

Ruby sniffled, "Yeah. It's really s- sad."

Simmons: "It's shutting down! I can't stop it!"

The Epsilon unit fades and shuts off.

Caboose: "Church? Are you there?"

Simmons: "(in sympathetic tone) Caboose... I'm sorry."

Caboose: "(heartbroken) ...Church...?"

Pyrrha closed her eyes and took a breath. "Caboose is going to hurt for a while after this."

Ruby nodded, "I hope they can get Church back. I mean he's done it before."

Pyrrha chuckled, "Yeah, it's nothing new."

"In the end Tucker was right. They ran off and got killed." Jaune shook his head, "Let's hope he's still right and they revive both Tex and Church."

"Here here." Yang laughed.

Fade out and back in to a UNSC soldier staring at Tex's body with the broken visor.

Yang became visibly uncomfortable looking at it.

Cut to the entire UNSC investigation team searching the area.

"This reminds me of the beginning of the trilogy." Weiss commented.

"A fitting end." Ren added with a smile.

Cut to the UNSC lead investigator talking to the Reds and Blues.

Chief: "And where the hell did the Pelican in the water come from?"

Tucker: "Hmm... I don't know. I guess the Meta must have hijacked it, and crashed it here. That makes sense, right?"

Chief: "Man, the Chairman is going to be pissed. The budget only allows for one crashed Pelican per mission! All right, well I guess you guys check out. You can head back to your training bases now."

"I don't think people can plan on whether they crash a pelican or not." Weiss commented.

Sarge: "We just call them bases."

Chief: "(in smug tone) Hmph. I bet."

Nora crossed her arms, "I don't like him."

"Me neither." Ruby turned up her nose.

Grif. "Hey! We solved your problem. Not bad for 'Trainees.'"

Yang laughed, "Yeaheh, they were in the tenth percentile and did what the 'real' soldiers couldn't."

Chief: "I gotta hand it to you. Killing one of these agents would be tough. But three? And this guy... (looks at Wash's armor) The Chairman will not be happy he's dead. I think he wanted to debrief him personally. Oh well."

Blake sighed, "I wish he didn't die. But his arc was good, really good. He redeemed himself right before he died, a little cliche but.. he always stuck to his goal."

Tucker: "Yeah…"

Caboose: "Yeah, that's too bad."

Washington: "(disguised as Epsilon with his armor but yellow accents) Well, be sure to let him know we're sorry."

Blake immediately cheered up, "He didn't die!" She laughed.

"Yay." Yang cheered half-heartedly. "So happy for you your character ah it's great."

Blake gave her a look, "Jealous?"

Yang shook her head, "Even if she's destined to lose she's still more of a badass than Wash, she'll be back."

"I hope so." Pyrrha smiled.

Blake frowned, "Every character that has died has come back. It's a little disappointing."

"What! How?" Ruby shouted.

Blake sighed, "It's the same complaint I had before. Death has no meaning."

"You hypocrite, you were just happy a second ago about Wash still being alive." Yang pointed out.

"He didn't die and come back. We were just misled for a short time. But think about it, Donut died last season. This season he's confirmed to be alive." Blake explained.

"In a deleted scene, he could still be dead." Jaune pointed out.

"Nope!" Nora shook her head, "We saw him, he's alive."

Blake sighed, "Never-mind."

Chief: "Whatever. You're free to go. If we need you, we know where to find you."

The Chief walks away.

Washington: "(confused) Why are you guys helping me?"

Nora crossed her arms indignantly. "Good question, he only cares about staying out of prison."

"He redeemed himself." Blake argued, "He helped them fight the Meta."

Nora shook her head, "He's going to have to do more than that to win my trust."

Caboose: "You helped us, Wash. It only makes sense."

Pyrrha smiled, "They trust him again."

Nora shrugged, "Okay that's good enough for me!"

Tucker: "Yeah, plus we needed to even the teams. And I couldn't put up with Caboose constantly asking 'Can we keep him? Can we keep him?!'"

"They can keep him." Blake mumbled.

"What was that?" Yang asked.

Blake chuckled, "I said I liked his old armor color more."

"I like the blue." Ruby grinned, "Blue team finally has someone who can shoot."

Weiss chuckled, "If they ever go back to fighting each other. Red team doesn't stand a chance."

"Red team just beat the Meta!" Nora argued.

"With Wash's plan, and since Wash is on blue team now I support blue team." Blake added.

"Welcome to blue team Blake." Yang grinned.

Nora huffed, "Me and Ren aren't traitors! Red team all the way!"

Washington: "(quietly) For whatever it's worth... Thanks."

The Blue Team walks off. Cut to the Reds.

Nora sighed, "I wish Donut was there."

"Me too." Pyrrha smiled.

"Don't forget Lopez." Weiss added.

Grif: "So, looks like Blue Team has a new recruit, Sarge."

Simmons: "Doesn't look so tough to me."

Nora grinned, "See? They aren't afraid."

Sarge: "Maybe this one can shoot. Come on, fellas. Let's go home."

The intro theme starts to play.

Ruby laughed, "Wash can shoot.. oh I really hope Church and Tex aren't stuck in there."

"I wonder what it's like in there, it's a memory unit." Ren pointed out.

"I'm picturing memories locked up in a sort of endless prison because it was turned into a capture unit." Blake explained. "But I don't know, I think I've just read a lot."

"That could be cool! We would see Church's memori- oh no we would see his memories." Ruby grimaced.

"I don't want to see him being tortured, he sounds too much like Dad." Yang added.

Grif: "Uh... The jeep's busted, Sarge. Are we walking?"

Sarge: "That depends. You fellas gotten over your fear of flying yet?"

Simmons: "Yes, sir!"

The Reds steal a Hornet behind an unsuspecting guard.

Grif: "Yoink!"

Nora laughed, "Yoink! I have to try that."

"You're going to start stealing?" Ren asked.

"Other peoples weapons." Nora shrugged.

Blake sighed, "I hope Sun never sees this show. He steals too much food."

"If he says Yoink every time he might get caught more." Yang shrugged, "Silver lining."

"Rapscallion." Weiss grumbled.

"Sun said he thought it was funny that you called him that." Blake explained.

"He told me, 'The heiress of the whole SDC called me a monkey tailed rapscallion! Cool'" She mocked. "I hope I didn't genuinely offend him."

Blake laughed, "Knowing Sun he genuinely thinks it's cool. Mainly because you're more respectful now."

"Thanks, that's a weight off my shoulders." Weiss relaxed.

Guard: "Hey! You can't take that! That... That's UNSC property! Get back here! Hey, come on, I'll lose my job!"

The guard chases after them.

Simmons: "I hope this doesn't go on your permanent record!"

Pyrrha chuckled.

Soldier: "Hey Chief, what do you want me to do with this thing? I can't get anything out of it, it's dead as a doornail."

Chief: "I don't care. Toss it in evidence. It's all a bunch of junk now, anyway."

Ruby shook her head, "Why aren't they taking it with them?"

"Maybe they can't?" Pyrrha suggested. "There are a lot of soldiers."

"The recovery beacon could have drawn them there." Jaune suggested. "I doubt they could have hidden it."

Ruby frowned, "I guess that makes sense."

The camera pans inside the Epsilon Unit.

Church: "(voice over) I'd like to say that I found her right away, that I just walked into the Epsilon Unit, and there she was, waiting for me."

Yang laughed, "That doesn't sound like Tex."

Church: "As you can probably guess, it didn't happen that way, but, I know she's in here somewhere, and I'll find her. We always seem to find each other, for better or for worse."

"This is sounding more and more like a series finale." Ruby whimpered.

"We'll have to see, I hope it's not. This is my favorite show." Jaune laughed.

"Well if you don't unpause it then we'll never finish it right?" Nora laughed. "Then we will never have to see it end! And we can just keep re-watching it!" Nora breathed rapidly.

"Nora." Ren started.

Nora sighed, "Fine.. play it." Nora looked away.

Church: "I don't know why the Director did what he did. I don't know if he was trying to revive a memory from his past, or if he was just trying to get it out of his head."

"It's the same thing Church tried to do." Ruby commented. "He tried getting her out of his head and it worked."

"The same for Alpha." Ren added.

"The director is evil and has done bad things but.. hearing about his loss makes me pity him." Pyrrha explained. "It doesn't justify his actions in any way though."

Yang frowned, deep in thought. I don't think Ruby remembers how Dad just shut down when Mom died. He knew he couldn't revive her memory or get her out of his head. He just, Shut down.

Church: "But I figured out something that the Director didn't. It took Alpha, Delta, and all the rest to help piece it together for me, but what I've learned is that... a great love is a lot like a good memory. When it's there, and you know it's there, but it's just out of your reach, it can be all that you think about. You can focus on it, and try to force it, but the more you do, the more you seem to push it away. But if you're patient, and you hold still, then maybe... Just maybe... It will come to you."

Ruby and Yang smiled at the screen, each remembering their mom, Summer.

Yang looked to Ruby, I think Dad eventually realized that too. After mourning for so long he realized he had to pull himself together. And he waited, to the point where he could smile when he thought of her.

Ruby looked back at Yang and talked quietly "You know, sometimes randomly I'll remember something about mom. Like a certain time she gave us cookies. Or looking up to her when she had her hood on. When I try to remember her it's really fuzzy, I was so young. But when I get these flashbacks they're so clear. Mostly at night, or in dreams."

Yang put an arm around her, "I get them too. I wish you could remember more."

Ruby smiled, "Me too."

The two hugged as the others watched, not wanting to break up the sweet moment. The two let out a breath, Ruby wiped away a tear.

"Ok we're good, play it." Yang smiled.

Church: "I just need to make sure I'm somewhere she can find me."

"That confirms Tex is a memory." Blake commented.

Fade to white. The screen then reveals a much more greener image of Blood Gulch, now in the Halo: Reach engine.

Jaune gasped, "New game! It's ring five!"

"It looks so much better!" Ruby added.

"And greener." Yang smiled.

"Are you three nerds ignoring the fact that it's Blood Gulch!" Weiss shouted. "Stop gushing over the game!"

The three gasped when they realized she was right.

"Look." Ruby pointed, "There's Sheila, the cliff, the teleporter!

"Red base!" Nora squealed. "They're back in Blood Gulch!"

"It's Church's memory of Blood Gulch." Blake gasped.

"Do I smell a reboot?" Nora grinned. "More Blood Gulch! Less serious depressing stuff yes I win!"

"You win?" Blake stared at her incredulously.

Nora grinned as she shifted over to Blake. "It's what I've wanted since the end of season six."

Church: "(voice over) I think this place is a little different than it was before."

Nora grinned, "More Blood Gulch! I'm so excited play the next season right now!"

"Patience Nora." Ren advised.

Church: "See, out there, everything is based on the Alpha, but in here, I guess I'm the Alpha. And maybe this time through, things will be a little different for me as well. I guess I'll find out."

"He has a chance to change things." Pyrrha commented.

"Not really, this world is just a memory." Weiss pointed out.

"And what is life if not memories." Ren stated.

"..Okay philosopher." Yang quipped.

Memory of Tucker: "Hey Church, come on! I think the Reds just got a new vehicle! Let's go check it out!"

"Look at their armor! And weapons!" Ruby grinned.

"It reminds me of the first game change, everything is grittier again. I like it." Blake grinned.

Memory of Caboose: "They only got a jeep! We got a tank! That's way better!"

The memories of Tucker and Caboose run towards the cliff.

"This brings me back. Back when Weiss and Blake hated the show." Yang laughed.

"It was childish, offensive, and poorly produced." Weiss explained.

"And there was not much of a story. It was strange." Blake added.

"And to be fair, I didn't like it at first either. It wasn't just Weiss and Blake." Ren explained.

Yang shrugged, "Well you three warmed up to it pretty quick."

"It was clever." Ren explained.

Blake and Weiss nodded in agreement.

"The Tex and Church storyline also drew me in." Blake added.

Church: "Ok, I'll be right there!"

Church follows them toward the cliff.

Church: "(voice over, in more jovial tone) And I mean, hell, if you have to live the rest of your life in a memory... you might as well make it a good one."

Ren smiled, "That's a great quote."

"I like his a great love is a lot like a good memory quote more." Yang smiled.

Ruby nodded along, "Yeah that was pretty good."

"I think that was the most well written piece of dialogue in this entire show." Blake stated.

"Not Sarge's speech!" Nora growled.

The scene faded to black, the "Red vs Blue" title slowly expanded with "Revelation" appearing below it. "Red vs Blue" by Jeff Williams started playing as the "Relevation" title zoomed past the screen. The Credits were blurred as usual.

"That was an incredible ending, I loved-" Jaune started

"Shhh!" Ruby growled. "The song!"

"Oh right." Jaune laughed and hit play. "Ugh credits are still blurred."

"Tell me why you're here, you could walk away right now"

Weiss grimaced, "A very heavy auto tune."

"I like it." Yang smiled.

"No-one would stop you, you're free to choose your own way"

"Don't be afraid, of the choice you make it's alright…"

"This sounds like it's about Sarge's speech." Nora grinned.

"Or related to the question 'why are we here' in general." Ren suggested.

"Questions remain, they will linger on like memories"

Weiss smiled, "This song relates more to the series than all the others. It feels and sounds professional."

"And the other songs weren't?" Jaune asked.

Weiss shrugged, "To me they sounded like a band just starting up, very amateur."

"Were you right to... Give your life to…"

"Someone else to run it for you?"

"Do you wish you... Kept your life to…"

"Be somebody!"

"Is that about Tex?" Yang asked. "I don't think she willingly gave her life to someone else."

"Maybe Allison didn't, what about Tex though? She's just a memory." Blake explained.

Yang sighed, "She's still somebody."

"Good to conquer evil"

Ruby grinned at the line. "I like this song! The auto-tune makes it sound kind of like pop-rock."

"Yeah, you could say pop rocks." Yang grinned.

Ruby groaned, "Ohhhgah why."

"Lies to fight the truth"

Pyrrha frowned, "That's a contradiction. Good to conquer evil then lies to fight the truth?"

"Are any of us only saints or sinners"

"Or is it always red vs blue?"

Weiss grinned, "I like that this song relates to the plot. The only other song from the show I can think of is the season intro during the Blood Gulch Chronicles."

"Tell me why you're here, do you even know yourself?"

Yang began headbanging to the beat of the song.

"Agh! Yang!" Ruby growled as she was repeatedly slapped in the face. "It tickles stop!"

Yang laughed, "Come on Ruby you like rock music more than I do. Head bang!"

"I don't have the hair for it." Ruby argued. "And I can feel my brain rolling around in my head."

Yang smirked, "Huh, small brain."

Ruby huffed, "Weiss has the best hair for it, make her do it."

Weiss pinched the bridge of her nose as Yang's teasing was expertly redirected towards her. "No, I like the lyrics but not the song, and I don't 'head bang'" She mocked.

"I'll do it!" Nora grinned as her and Yang began thrashing to the song.

"Do you belong here? You don't fit anywhere else…"

"Don't feel betrayed, only we can wipe the slate clean"

The thrashing began even more vigorous as the song went on. Ruby grumbled as she moved away from Yang's hair range. "Sometimes I hate how long your hair is."

"Does it even matter? It only matters that we're here…"

"Were you right to... Give your life to…"

"Someone else to (choose it for you?)"

"Do you wish you... Kept your life too...?"

The guitar solo began.

Yang and Nora relaxed.

"I haven't head banged in a while, that hurt." Yang grimaced.

"Yeah it's what you get!" Ruby shouted as she scratched her nose.

Backup operatic vocals similar to those from "Ice Fight" played as the Lyrics were sung.

"Good to conquer evil"

"Lies to fight the truth"

"Are any of us only saints or sinners"

"Or is it always…"

"Red vs Blue!"

The song ended after a short section of classical instruments. The screen was black except for the "Red vs Blue" title with "The Recollection Trilogy" below it. The screen cut to black after a few seconds.

Weiss clapped lightly, "That was great, the combination of opera elements, classical instruments, and as Ruby put it. Pop-rock was very pleasant."

"You describe it as pleasant? I think it was awesome!" Nora grinned.

"Yeah!" Yang nodded, "I hope there's more rock music. Or hopefully club music, disco, and dubstep but rock music is good too."

"I like the new soundtrack too." Weiss smiled, "It's more fitting."

Jaune shrugged, "The old soundtrack is better, especially 'No One' and 'Steady Ride' are really good."

"You know the names?" Nora asked. "You know where the show came from! How else would you know it huh!? You're the mastermind behind it all! You somehow got Professor Ozpin, and Professor Goodwitch in on it all!"

Yang snickered, "And my Dad."

"And Yang's Dad! How do you live with yourself!" Nora's nose touched Jaune's as she stared at him.

Jaune held up his scroll, "The Red vs Blue app that was downloaded onto all of our scrolls has a music section with all the songs."

Nora giggled, "Oh yeah!"

Ruby gasped, "I can listen to whatever this song is called now!" Ruby opened up her scroll to look.

"The song was interesting but." Ren glanced at Nora, "Nora brought up something intriguing. Do you think the next season could be a reboot?"

Nora grinned, "Yeah duh-doy! He's back in Blood Gulch living in a memory!"

Blake shook her head, "It can't be, Church isn't the same person he was before. Tex is in there somewhere. And it's his memory of everything. It will be flawed.

Nora nodded, "Flawed yeah, so it will be even funnier! And different. And not serious!"

"I think you're hoping for too much, and what about everyone outside of the memory unit?" Blake asked.

Nora shrugged, "Eh, they'll be fine."

Blake shrugged too, "I don't know. I can't predict anything that will happen next season. At best I can say Church will try to find Tex-"

"Didn't you listen to him?" Yang asked. "He's going to wait for her to come to him."

Blake frowned, "Hmm, you may be right. And Nora may be right too. Ok well Church is going to wait for Tex, other than that I think the others will try to get the memory unit back. There's nothing else for them to do other than hide Washington."

"I'm excited for next season." Pyrrha grinned, "And if the rest of you want to watch it now I'm perfectly fine with it."

Yang laughed, "I'm excited too but I've been sitting for too long."

Jaune nodded, "And we have things to do. Are you two sparring today?" Jaune gestured to Yang and Nora.

"Ehh, I think we should do it tomorrow." Yang suggested.

"Why? You scared?" Nora taunted.

Yang smirked, "Not at all, I have money riding on this."

Ren nodded, "I have one hundred lien on Nora winning. Yang is betting on herself."

Yang nodded, "I think today we should trade weapons and practice so we at least have some skill when we fight."

"Oh I was hoping to watch the two of you helplessly fumble about in the arena." Weiss sighed.

"Where's the fun in that?" Yang argued.

Ruby laughed, "That would be funny, and anyway yeah I have stuff to do too. I have to work on making a E.M.P. Turret attachment for Coco's turret. Need to make it interchangeable and light. But that might be too much to ask. Or maybe I can ask a lot and have both attachments!"

"Ruby." Yang warned. "And it's emp don't join Weiss!"

"Hold on I need to say this out loud before I forget." Ruby explained as she wrote in her notes. "I also need to-"

Yang sighed and Ruby began rambling on about upgrades.

"-Work on making Bumblebee hover." Ruby continued.

Yang grinned, "Ruby we're both going to work on that."

"It's going to cost you a fortune in gravity dust I keep telling you." Weiss sighed.

"Interchangeable wheels with hovering stuff." Yang explained.

Ruby nodded, "And I guess I can try making the bubble shield because Atlas is taking forever with Jaune's sword."

Weiss sighed, "They're working on it. It's not like I'm paying them, and I'm sure I sent Winter a picture of the bubble shield for her to send to the scientists. Either way they're only working on it because it's Atlas. Weapons technicians are always willing to work on any and all weapons."

Jaune hummed, "I should just be happy they're working on it. Anyway what did you guys think of the trilogy? I loved the overall arc."

Yang snorted, "You loved the arc of the story."

Jaune groaned, "Yes, and my last name is Arc. Make a pun."

Yang frowned, "Well now that you told me to, no. The arc of the pun wouldn't be any good."

Jaune and Ruby simultaneously groaned.

"I thought it was incredible. The story telling took a turn I never expected and continued to take more serious turns and have an emotional depth I never expected." Blake explained.

"I couldn't have said it better myself." Weiss nodded.

"Sarge was a badass these last few episodes, more than usual!" Nora grinned. "But it was too serious and sometimes I didn't like it."

"Sometimes I felt like the serious moments in the past were ruined by the jokes made about them later." Blake added.

"Just because they joked about something like Donut's death it doesn't make his supposed death any less important." Ren commented.

"I loved Church's change over the trilogy." Ruby grinned. "He became kind of a hero, and I love how it was like a fairy tale but inverted. Tex is not a damsel in distress, Church isn't in any way like a knight. But he still became a hero. Good guys like Wash became bad then turned back to good. The Meta was beat. It was great."

"I liked that there are no good or bad guys. Just people going after their own goals." Yang shrugged. "The Meta just wanted power and was willing to do whatever he could to get it. And Washington just wanted to stay out of prison."

Blake nodded, "I liked that too, I think this trilogy was better than the Blood Gulch Chronicles."

"Yeah definitely." Yang nodded. "The Blood Gulch Chronicles was funnier though."

"Yeah." Nora nodded. "And a lot less sad, I can't decide which one was better. Sarge was so cool this season but it used to be a lot funnier, I like them both!"

"The comedy hasn't gotten worse?" Pyrrha frowned.

Nora nodded, "Yeah I know, I mean it was funny more, not more funny. Know what I mean?"

Pyrrha chuckled, "I think so."

"I liked this story better." Ruby nodded.

"Yeah me too." Jaune added.

"I think we all liked the Recollection Trilogy more than the Blood Gulch Trilogy except Nora who loves them both." Ren smiled.

"Thaaat's right!" Nora grinned.

Jaune laughed, "So after this trilogy who's your favorite character? Mines still Tucker. And obviously I still like Blue team the most."

"Caboose and blue team." Pyrrha answered. "Especially after Church and Caboose's moment this episode."

"Washington." Blake smiled. "Blue team."

Ren nodded, "Same here."

"Ahem!" Nora snarled.

Ren sighed, "But I like Red team more."

"Church, for the same reason as Pyrrha." Ruby explained.

"Lopez." Weiss smiled. "If Donut is alive I'm sure Lopez is too, but blue team because Washington is with them now."

"Tex." Yang grinned. "Blue team."

"Sarge!" Nora cheered.

"Of course." Yang laughed. "Ok, I'm ready to move around! My back is killing me. Nora where's your hammer."

"Magnhild right here." Nora tossed it to her. "The trigger fires and the button switches it to hammer mode."

Ruby nodded, "And after my upgrades- never-mind let's just go to Ms Goodwitch's training room."

Everyone began getting up.

"This was grand." Pyrrha stretched. "I'm off to train, see you all here tomorrow!"

—Birds SS— Not Canon

"Huh, got anything to say to that Raven?" Qrow asked, gesturing towards her, drink in hand.

"Church is a fool to think Tex would go looking for him." Raven explained.

"Oh yeah he's the fool, didn't you see? She's a memory. And Church or whoever, the Director remembered that she loved him. So of course she's going to find him, they always find each other." Qrow explained.

"We all choose our own path. Tex is no different, she is not just a memory." Raven argued. "She can choose to leave and never come back."

"Spare me the lecture on the power of being strong enough to make the choices you need to survive yadda yadda yadda." Qrow mocked.

Raven huffed, "Well what about you brother? Anything to say after Church's speech?"

"Nothing to say, it just reminded me of how Tai felt after you left." Qrow glared at her.

Raven glared back, "Spare me another lecture on that subject."

"On that subject." Qrow repeated with a laugh. "Fine."

Raven growled but relaxed. "To compare Church with Tai is ridiculous. They share voices, nothing else."

"Whatever you say." Qrow laughed.

—Salem's inner Circle SS— Not Canon

Hazel had a snarl on his face. Wait patiently? For a memory to come to me. I don't want her memory! I want Gretchen to be alive! And I want Ozpin to pay for his crimes. She did what she thought she should, everything he said was good. But she was just another sacrifice in his impossible war. He convinced her this world could be saved just like all of his other students. Sacrificing them for his needs. The urge to let out his rage on every inanimate object in the room was almost too much to bear. But he held it in.

Salem smirked, Hazel, so deluded by vengeance.

Tyrian burst out laughing, "The bigger the Brute the harder the fall! Tied to a car thrown off a cliff!"

"Ridiculous strategy. The A.I. Could have easily invaded his armor and simply jumped off the cliff." Watts complained.

Tyrian laughed even harder, "Church has the power to do a lot of fun things."

Hazel growled, "Causing pain is neither fun nor meant to be."

Tyrian cackled, "You say that now, but would you say it again with dear old Ozpin in your grasp?"

Hazel looked to Tyrian with indifference, choosing not to answer which only caused Tyrian to grin manically.

—Professor's SS— Not Canon

"Church has grown a lot over time, I respect the man for giving the lad Caboose such an important task." Professor Port commented.

"I believe he is up to the task, he's very capable already." Doctor Oobleck added.

"I'm shocked this show has matured so much." Professor Goodwitch commented.

"I believe we can all understand Church, trying to force anything is a fool's gambit." Port waved a hand around

"That's surprising coming from you." Glynda chuckled.

"Why is that? I can be forceful with the Grimm, but not people. Especially students." Port said.

"Ah yes, but you don't think you were forceful with Ms Schnee?" Oobleck asked.

"Not at all, I simply used logic and explained to the dear girl that she should be a good teammate." Port explained.

Glynda nodded before glancing towards the door, "Where are you going?"

James looked back, "I have to interrogate my.. ugh esteemed guest."

Glynda grimaced, "Have fun."

James laughed, "How can I not?"

After he left Doctor Oobleck turned to Ozpin, "What do you think about Church charging Caboose with remembering him Ozpin?

Ozpin smiled. "Have you ever heard of the three deaths concept?"

—Criminals SS— Not Canon

Cinder smirked. "For someone so intent on becoming powerful the Meta took little care in keeping it."

Neo let out a silent laugh, looking at Cinder with a knowing grin.

Emerald shot Neo a glare before turning back to Cinder. "So Cinder, what did you think of the episode?"

"Interesting."

Emerald nodded before Mercury groaned, "Maybe we should just tie Ozpin to a car and throw it off Beacon cliff."

"An amusing image." Cinder smiled before frowning and forming a fist. "But I would rather throw him from the top myself, the arrogant fool."

Neo again smirked at Cinder. The arrogance goes around.

"What's so funny?" Emerald asked.

Neo simply gestured to the tv screen with an innocent smile.

"Sure." Emerald grumbled.

—Prisoner and Captor SS— Not Canon

"Come on I thought you wanted my opinion?" Roman laughed.

Ironwood frowned, "I wanted to know if you knew anything about this show."

Ironwood looked down at his captive. Roman Torchwick. Another pawn, even if he did know where the show came from he wouldn't answer. But a scroll taped over the bars of his cell was a smart DIY solution to his constant taunting of the guards. Need to remember to give those two a promotion for asking me before doing it themselves. Only recently did I have the idea of showing him the strange show. No news stations were allowed and up until yesterday the guards subjected him to sports games. Another reason they deserve a raise, they remained at their posts not distracted by the scroll.

"Well now I do, after sitting in this glorified porta potty with nothing but the show to keep me company." Roman gestured to the metal box around him. "If this is some new form of torture I'd have to give it… one star." Roman shook his head and tsked. "Not very good, better hope the inspector doesn't come, someone could get in trouble." He whispered with a hand blocking the guards from seeing his mouth move.

Ironwood smirked, "We'll work on it, while I'm here. What did you think of the show?" Give me an excuse, not that I need one.

Roman smirked, "I really think the troops could learn a thing or two from these guys."

Ironwood shook his head and smiled, "Well it's clear you don't know where the show came from and you don't like it. I guess I should keep it."

Roman knew better than to protest. "Good riddance. Got any other questions for me today?"

"None that I don't already know the answer to." Ironwood explained as he walked away, scroll in hand.

"I'm sure… jackass." Roman mumbled.

"We heard that." one of the guards posted outside his room growled.

"Good for you kid, it's important to have something to fill the empty space between your ears." Roman taunted.

The End: RWBY and JNPR watch The Recollection Trilogy

Writing this fic has been great, especially with all of your love and support.

Plans for future fics in this saga

Fic 3- Next fic which is the freelancer saga. Seasons 9 and 10 of RvB. Currently up now.

Fic 4- The Chorus Trilogy. Seasons 11-13 of RvB

Fic 5- Possibly canon. Teams RWBY and JNPR going through Volume 3 with knowledge and tech from RvB

Not likely to write Fic 6- Season 14 of RvB

Very unlikely to write Fic 7- PSA's because I would do the PSA's before I did the Shisno Paradox

Fic 8? Hell to the no. Shisno paradox was terrible. Season 18's trailer showed a monster with two flaming swords so… yeah the Sharks with lasers jumped so high they're in space.

After that? An entirely new separate fic.

I can't wait to hear your thoughts on this chapter and this fic as a whole! Was my writing better during this trilogy than the last? Anything you would have done different or added? Let me know! Also would you like me to write the scene of Nora and Yang sparring with each other's weapons while Weiss sings?

P.S: Doesn't matter how late you are to the party, I will read your review.

Until next time- CeruleanLancer